Has anybody here had experience with naltrexone? I recently started taking it because the cravings were so strong I couldn’t take it anymore. My only side effects have been mild muscle and joint pain, slight nausea, and decreased appetite. Also, I tried to drink a beer while on it and it just made me feel sick so I threw it away. I got sober last June and I slipped up a few times since then, but this medicine has helped me a ton. Curious if anybody has had a similar or different experience.
Not me but it sounds like it’s working wonders on you. I would advise to make a plan to get rid of it though, otherwise you’ll just replace one addiction with the other.
Do you take it incidentally or structurally?
It’s once a day. It’s not a controlled substance. And isn’t habit forming. My life coach told me about it. She said it worked great for her and got her to stop drinking forever.
I started it last week myself. I have not had any bad side effects so far. I’m hoping for the decreased appetite but that hasn’t kicked in yet. :(
Ever since I quit drinking in June I’m down 70 pounds. From 300 down to 230. A lot of that was just from not drinking alcohol but I also went on the carnivore/keto diet. It worked wonders. I feel better than I have in over 15 years
I can see that. I Did Atkins about 20 years ago (I swear keto ripped it off) and had good success.
It worked wonders for me at the start, but I seem to have pushed through and am now drinking almost as much again. I do feel more like I could quit now and it’s more out of habit than urge.
I’m starting to realize, most of it is habit for me.
Fine something new to replace the bad habit with. Physical put some seltzer waters/ for another non-alcoholic drink where you keep your alcohol, then next time you go for it you have a choice.
I wonder if you need to up your dose? Were you on the 50mg?
